History | |
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Finland | |
Name | Louhi |
Namesake | Louhi |
Owner | Finnish Environment Institute |
Operator | Finnish Navy |
Ordered | 26 October 2007[1] |
Builder | Uki Workboat Ltd |
Cost | €48 million[2] |
Yard number | NB27184 |
Launched | 15 April 2009 |
Christened | 8 March 2011[2] |
Commissioned | May 2011[3] |
Homeport | Upinniemi, Finland |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics [3] | |
Type | Oil spill response vessel |
Displacement |
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Length | 71.4 m (234.3 ft) |
Beam | 14.5 m (47.6 ft) |
Height | 24.0 m (78.7 ft) |
Draught | 5.0 m (16.4 ft) |
Ice class | 1A Super |
Installed power | 4 × Wärtsilä 9L20 (4 × 1,800 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) in open water |
Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) |
Endurance | 20 days |
Capacity |
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Crew | 10–15; accommodation for 40 personnel |
Armament | Can be armed during crisis |
Louhi (pennant number 999) is a Finnish multipurpose oil and chemical spill response vessel owned by the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), but crewed and operated by the Finnish Navy. The ship, ordered in 2007, was built by Uki Workboat in Uusikaupunki, Finland, and entered service in May 2011.[2]